Wednesday, January 03, 2007

We talkin about practice, man! Practice!

I think AI needed some practice last night. It's a shame George Karl cancelled practice the day before.

I chose to watch some of the Sixers-Nuggets game last night to see AI play against the Sixers for the first time ever. I had to. It was my duty as a Philly fan.

Was it a big deal in Philly? It wasn't talked about much in the news leading up to it yesterday, but the aftermath today was big enough to knock the Eagles off the front page during a playoff week against the Giants. That's saying something.

Honestly, the game put me to sleep. Literally. I nodded off just before 10 pm. I wasn't feeling too good to begin with. I was dead to the world for some reason. But the game didn't make me want to stay awake.

I caught enough of AI's performance to know that he didn't have it last night. You could tell that in the first quarter. He was losing the ball way too easily and throwing up air balls from three point land. If he tells you he wasn't nervous about that game, he was lying. He was not the AI last night that I watched all those years. And the end result with him getting tossed simply confirmed that. His head was not there.

I love AI. I always will. And I will always love the Sixers even though they currently excite me as much as root canal. But I'll say 4 things now...

1. AI needs to save his comments for a time when he didn't just get ball dipped by the organization he is bashing. I mean, that was a dip for the ages on his new home court. You shut your mouth after that for at least a day.

2. I agree the Sixers did give him a raw deal leaving town. Sitting him on the bench while shopping him around was silly.

3. As much as I love the Sixers, it hurts to watch them when they have guys like Joe Smith in the starting lineup.

4. I'm afraid that the Sixers are going to do just enough winning to not get Greg Oden. Unless David Stern weighs the ping pong balls down in the Sixers' favor as a thank you for trading Iverson to the West.

That's all I'm saying on the Sixers. I know you all care as much as you do about the Atlanta Hawks, and I don't want to go all DB on your ass today. You're all lucky I scrapped my idea of the running diary of the game, which would have gone something like this...

9:40 - AI with another airball. Wow, he sucks tonight.

9:42 - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

A few more sports thoughts...

- Nick Saban gets $32 million to leave the Miami Dolphins and go to Alabama after lying to the Dolphins fans and saying he's not going anywhere. After a 15-17 record in two years and no playoff appearances, if I'm a Dolphins fan I'm not so sure I am unhappy about this. Some guys just are better suited for the college game (Pete Carroll).

This guy is trying to raise money to buy an ad in the Super Bowl so he can propose to his lady. And he is asking us to send him money to do so. And apparently he is succeeding to some extent. Maybe not enough to get the ad, but someone sent his ass some money.

Suddenly, the people who send money to televangelists don't seem as stupid to me anymore.

- Sugar Bowl tonight... and ND tries to stop the bowl skid and win their first bowl game in 13 years. And someone on ESPN.com said that if Brady Quinn wins tonight, it would secure his place among the greatest ND players ever.

And I thought about forwarding that link to some friends just for the chuckle, but then I thought to myself, I dont want this guy to get any more pub than he prally already has. It is going to piss me right off if he just asks for money and gets it.

me neither, Melo showed much more potential as a freshman. I've only seen him play 2 games, but I don't understand what the hype is about. I'm sure he'll be great, I just don't think he's worth all the talk.

hawaii was the shit, stayed at my girls parents house so i was in the suburbs most of the time. people over there go crazy on new years with fireworks, and firecrackers are legal over there, after it was all over, the whole town was literally full of smoke, can barely drive through it.

Living in Odentown I can safely say that I have been hearing jokes about him being 40 for at least 9 months and everyone here is well aware that he can not shoot very well, but chalks that up to having a busted wrist.

He is a beast on the defensive end and a work in progress on the offensive end.

Big guys take longer to get polished. He probably should stay 2 years but then again I am probably the biggest proponent of taking the money whenever you are a lock to be the #1 pick.

Because really, is Kwame Brown all that bad off? He is in the top 1% of richest people in the US.

Can anyone explain why USC cheerleaders are so hot, but no hot girls were in the stands cheering for USC? It was all Asian kids. Could the hot girls not afford tix and were too stupid to tag along with one of the Asian kids??

This is funny. This was in an article on msnbc.com discussing the benefits of sex:

Better teeth: Seminal plasma contains zinc, calcium and other minerals shown to hinder tooth decay. Since this is a family web site, we will omit discussion of the mineral delivery system. Suffice it to say that it could be a far richer, more complex and more satisfying experience than squeezing a tube of Crest — even Tartar Control Crest. Researchers have noted, parenthetically, that sexual etiquette usually demands the brushing of one's teeth before and/or after intimacy, which, by itself, would help promote better oral hygiene

2:05 - Dislikes blackballing of possible steroids guys. Throws out there is no real proof and that the writers would do it too if it made them more money as defenses for steroid guys. I think Bill wants a roid hook up.

For some reason i think Mike Singeltary will be a good NFL coach. I dont know where he is now, i think he's an assistant in either San Fran or Baltimore.He was a tough player. I also think a Tice or Fassel would do well given a second chance.

Beth what about ATL.For them I can see this Wishenhunt guy because of his success with Rothlisberger.

I can't stress enough how boring that article was and how it brought absolutely nothing new to the table. All of the arguments we have heard before and all the arguments will obviously be ignored when voters don't vote Big Mac in.

ElP, unlike AZ, the Falcons are being very hush-hush about who they are interested in. But the paper today mentioned that "Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, an Atlanta native who played at Georgia Tech and for the Falcons; Tennessee offensive coordinator Norm Chow; San Francisco assistant head coach Mike Singletary, and Chargers offensive coordinator Cam Cameron are likely choices to be interviewed."

And the paper just updated their site to say that Whisenhunt is scheduled for an interview tomorrow.

EP - I listen to local sports talk to and from work and read little of the paper here.

Most of the talk the last few days has been about Boise State. People here are still going nuts about that shit. Making wild claims like they could be National Champs and how they're a new powerhouse, etc. Its really strong nob bobbing.

As for what I've heard though, I don't think they have a good feel yet just the prelim names of Grimm, Whizzinator, Rivera, Chow and someone else. Nothing flashy.

People keep saying how the roster has talent and they are close. Then they immediately say "but the Bidwells will fuck it up".

Being an Auburn fan isnt easy today. I have all these Bama fans in my office that are giddy like schoolgirls because they got Nick Saban. What they dont seem to realize is that Alabama still has little-to-no talent.

And yes, Auburn is in Alabama. And Sweet Home Alabama is the absolute worst song ever written. I'm convinced that's why they died in that plane crash. God was mad at them for writing that terrible song. So he smited (smote?) them.

how am I defending Saddam? Would you give your life to put that shitty looking footage on the internet? From your comment, it seems like you would. Actually, if I were you, I probably would. I mean, what else do you really have going for you?

but hey, sorry to interrupt. You were probably explaining how Mike Singletary played defense for the Bears, or how you predicted Mason would be fired. Really, I shouldn't question your knowledge of sports, clearly top notch there champ

yeah, and Zeke is soooo familiar with my accomplishments. Anyway, whatever. I think this room (apart from Zeke) is pretty entertaining, but there are thousands upon thousands of sports blogs/discussions out there. I'd rather be in one when 1 pathetic fucking idiot doesn't talk shit whenever I post (not about my post, but about me)

well, the LOV is like an abusive spouse (which I work with all day at work...well, victims that is); you hate the shit, especially coming from losers who are beneath you (well, actually Zeke is the only one who is, I think everybody else in the group is pretty cool...even you lardo), but you just can't leave